urxvtd zombie

Breakage · 2009-04-06 10:00:35

I occasionally get a second urxvtd process zombied.
Not sure why this is happening, anyone know how to fix it?
Searched around couldn't figure it out, maybe it's got something do to with one of configs?

.xdefaults: http://rafb.net/p/0oX1i432.html
.xinitrc: http://rafb.net/p/1OguwD67.html

bender02 · 2009-04-06 10:07:44

My experience is that when you run urxvtd like this, it survives X's shutdown - so it stays there as a zombie. However I didn't try to fix it (ie try running it with different parameters); what I do is I kill all urxvtd's just before running a new one in xinitrc.

Breakage · 2009-04-06 10:27:09

bender02 wrote:

My experience is that when you run urxvtd like this, it survives X's shutdown - so it stays there as a zombie. However I didn't try to fix it (ie try running it with different parameters); what I do is I kill all urxvtd's just before running a new one in xinitrc.

Oh thanks will do that, i assumed that it would always get killed when i shutdown X.

Square · 2009-04-06 16:24:46

If you want urxvtd to die with the X session, you need to bind it with the X session.

i.e. use the -o switch!

Check out the manpage. It's all there.

rson451 · 2009-04-06 16:33:17

He is using the -o switch.

bender02 · 2009-04-06 18:23:17

You can try to drop the '&', since urxvtd's '-f' switch forks it automatically. That could maybe solve the problem.

EDIT: just tried that, and the urxvtd daemon is really shut down together with X.
EDIT2: well tried now also with '&', and the daemon is still brought down. So I guess my suggestion is not helpful.

Last edited by bender02 (2009-04-06 18:26:47)

brisbin33 · 2009-04-06 19:43:59

you might increase your chances of getting it to die with X if you don't fork it to the background (-f) but leave it as a child of X. may work, may not. worth a try.

you could also add a check in your .xinitrc to automate benders suggestion, something like this:

pgrep urxvtd | while read PID; do
   kill $PID
done
urxvtd -q -o -f &

i have the exact same .xinitrc as you though and i can't recreate the problem. i'm using urxvt-256color from AUR.

Breakage · 2009-04-06 20:58:54

@bender02. thanks for the tip, i dropped the &.
@brisbin33. thanks also.

I've been restarting X also opening closing terminals but the zombie daemon hasn't been occuring recently.

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#1 2009-04-06 10:00:35

urxvtd zombie

#2 2009-04-06 10:07:44

Re: urxvtd zombie

#3 2009-04-06 10:27:09

Re: urxvtd zombie

#4 2009-04-06 16:24:46

Re: urxvtd zombie

#5 2009-04-06 16:33:17

Re: urxvtd zombie

#6 2009-04-06 18:23:17

Re: urxvtd zombie

#7 2009-04-06 19:43:59

Re: urxvtd zombie

#8 2009-04-06 20:58:54

Re: urxvtd zombie

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